Individual Membership (for women who either own their own business, are self-employed or are working in management or supervisory positions within their company within the sectors of shipping, maritime and international trade including associate trades i.e. legal, accountancy, press, public relations etc)

£ 85

Corporate Membership– company membership for employees (who are working in either management or supervisory positions within the company. The company should work within the sectors of shipping, maritime and international trade including associate trades i.e. legal, accountancy, press, public relations etc.)

2 Members

£ 150

3 Members

£ 210

4 Members

£ 260

5 Members

£ 300

Over 5 Members

£ 300 plus £ 55 for each additional member

Associate Membership(open to anyone who is not eligible for individual membership)

£50

Cadet/Student membership

£25

WISTA UK

Wista UK

WISTA UK and Maritime UK Women’s Taskforce launches new speaker bank

No more excuses not to have a least one women on panels or as a speaker/chair at events held in the UK. The Speaker Bank is a database of female speakers highlighting their areas of expertise visit the bank. If you want to join the bank please complete the form on Maritime UK’s website and you will be added to both sites.

WISTA UK

Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association UK or as we are better known WISTA UK would like to welcome you to our site and discover who we are and what we are all about and of course we will be delighted to welcome you as our next member!

WISTA UK our purpose is to help promote networking, provide educational activities and events and the exchange of experience among women who are working the sectors of shipping, maritime and international trade. With this in mind, we organise activities including site visits, seminars, workshops and industry related events where our members have the opportunity of meeting and forming relationships with other professionals working within the shipping industry.

Our members include naval architects, maritime lawyers, ship’s engineers, insurance and sale and purchase brokers, claims adjusters and many others working both directly in the industry and providing services to the industry.

WISTA UK is a member of WISTA International. WISTA UK is the oldest of all the National WISTA Associations dating back to 1974.

Each year, WISTA UK identifies projects designed to address essential strategic questions facing our industry and our members. During 2014 we wish to celebrate our 40 years by taking our networking a step further We wish to throw open our doors to the public. Our aim is to encourage young people to think about the maritime/shipping industry as a big opportunity to look for jobs. This could be a life changing opportunity for some.

The UK is heavily dependent on the maritime trade; over 90% of the goods we consume and export come (or go) by SHIP, but most of the public has no knowledge of the importance and necessary are those ships for our economy –food, fuel and goods.

Merchant shipping is the lifeblood of the world economy, there is an estimate of 102,000 commercial ships worldwide. They operate on the high seas, as well as on short distances among neighbouring countries (short sea) or from port to port within the same country (cabotage).

We want to inspire the young generation, by making the young people interested and think in our industry; if we could be their inspiration to look for a job opportunity within, or to get training to join our sector, this will mean that our work/mission has been worth it. If all together we can manage to attract young talents, we then can retire thinking that our legacy is safe in their hands and our industry will carry on.

For all of us that have a passion for shipping, this is very important, the certainty that our enthusiasm and wisdom is carried on by today’s youngsters. We were like them once upon a time, naïve and inexperience, but we were lucky enough to go into an industry that we love. Once the shipping “virus” got into us, we felt in love with shipping and never looked back! Therefore, let the Came by SHIP campaign and WISTA UK inspire you to inspire others.

2019 WISTA International Conference

WISTA International holds an annual conference every year, where the global members of WISTA meet.

Latest Event Report – Non-Executive Directors

Standing room only at our event explaining the virtues of becoming a NED by Fiona Hathorn (Women on Boards) and our member Mairead Ni Cheoinin gave a highly entertaining speech on her experience of being NED and some fantastic insight to the number of women NED’s in maritime companies.